Improved sitting-attachment



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TO ALL WHOM ITYMAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, S. V. YORK, of Antwerp, in the county of Jefferson, and State otNew York, have invented a new and improved Bitting-Attachment for breaking' horses-fand I do hereby 'declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of the hitting-attachment, as applied to a horse.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of my hitting-attachment. l I I Like letters of reference designatehorresponding parts in all the figures. My invention consists of an apparatus composed of a neck-strap, having two small ropes connected therewith by means of elastic webbing, in combination with a guiding-ring and bearing-rings, so arranged and applied to the head and mouth as to form a hitting-attachment for breaking colts and subduing vicious horses, and giving them au easy and governable mouth. f

By reference tothe drawings, it will be seen that my apparatus consists of a strap, three feet in length, one and a halt' inch wide,one end ot' which is 'sewed and made fastto a two-inch iron ring, B. At the same end, and on the outer side, there is stitched and made fast a one inch and a'half iron ring, C, dropping partly below the two-inch ring B. To the two-inch ring there is also attached a strap, gD, eight inches in length, and provided with a buckle, a, at the upper end,the other end being sewe'd'fast to thetwo-inch ring. Onvthe outer side, and made fast to this strap, is another inch and ahali' ring, C', like the one previously described.

This strap lis buckled around the horses neck, on the near side, about sixA inches back ot' his head, leaving the three rings hanging directly under his neck. Attached to the inner side of thisstrap, on both sides of his neck, is an elastic rubber webbing, b b, six inches'in length.- ,One-end otlsaid webbing is stitched fast tothe strap, eight inches from the two-inch ring, letting th'e lower end drop down within ali'outvtwo inches of said ring. To these pieces oflwebbing a cotton, hair, or hemp cord, E E, one-halt` inch in diameter, is attached, as follows: A short piece of leather, c c, firmly sewed to the webbing, and connected with the oord E, by winding with wire or waxed thread d d, secures the two together.

When this strap is around the horses neck, as above described, the two cords drop through the two-inchring B. The cord that is attached tothe webbing on the near side of the horse's `neck is passed through the mouth to the oii side, thence through the one and one-half inch lring; `also, the cord that is attached to the webbing on the oit'l side ofthe neck is passed through to the near side, and through 'the one and a half inch ring, in the same manner.l Both cords now pass through the'horses mouth in opposite directions.

The following is a description of the practical working of myV-invention The operator lstands at the near side of the horses head, and, with `the cord that passes from the o` side to the near side, gives him a. quick jerk, which brings him suddenly toward you, also carrying his head quickly v into the air: The operator then steps to the oit' side, and gives a sudden pull to the cord which passes from the near side, through the mouth, to the off side ofthe horse, which has the sani'eeect ou him as before.

The yielding of the elastic webbing causes the cord to slide through the animal's mouthwhen pulled, creating a burning sensation, which causes him to yield-very-reudily at the touch of the rein. Thisoperation being repeated-for about ten minutes at a time; for three or four days, has the elfect to produce an easy, governable mouth', and the horse carries his head gracefully, and'comcs to the rein quickly and handily.

What I claim as my invention, issa The combination, with the neck-strap A, provided with the ring B, ot' the elastic wcbbings b b, cords E E, and bearing-rings C C',A arranged, applied, and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto signed my name, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' s. v. n. YORK.

Witnesses:

'.T. R. BRAKE,

GEO. W. Murr. 

